The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-18


GEORGIA.
Col. S. P. Thurmond, prominent citizen
of Athens, died Friday.
President Cleveland is to be invited to at
tend the State Fair at Macon
In Monroe the prohibition election passed
off very quietly. The county went wet by
about 700 majority.
The fourth annual session of the Georgia
Bar Association will be held in Atlanta on
Wednesday, Aug. 3.
At Madison at a recent meeting of the
City Council it was decided to put OFF call
ing an election on free schools.
Americas offers for sale $50, 900 worth of
per cent bonds running thirty years, the
erection of water works being the object for
which they are issued.
At Marietta Friday unique wedding oc-
CURED at the African Methodist church.
The contracting parties We're Martha Stark,
aged 10 and Neusom Williams, aged %,
both as black as the traditional ace Of spades.
Friday, John Ryan, the well-known mer
chant and capitalist of Atlanta, made a deed
of gift of his entire store and goods
to his sons, Messrs Steve and John Ryan.
This gift, which marks his retirement from
business, is equal in value to over $30O, 600.
At Bronwood Friday little Jimmie Pow
ell had the misfortune of getting his arm
broken while in bathing, As he jumped in
he struck his arm against something under
the water, which resulted in breaking both
bones of his left arm. DIR. Chappell was
Immediately summoned to his relief
At Americas about o'clock Friday morn
ing a fire was discovered in the rear of the
residence occupied by S. H. Reaves, on Tay-
lor street. supposed to be of incendiary ORR
gin. The house was entirely consumed. The
loss is estimated at 81 600. and insured for
500. Reaves lost but little of his household
effects, which were fully covered by insur-
ance
Formal application for charter for the
Colored Worlds Fair Association of
America has been made, and among the in
corporators are named Philip Joseph, T.
Thomas Fortune, Rev. G. o. Fisher, Jacob
Mckinley and other prominent colored men
of different parts of the United States. The
capital stock is fixed at $40, 900, with privi-
lege to increase it to $50, 900.
At Augusta Friday night John G. Muse, a
16-year-old white boy, clerk in j. B. B.
White & Co. s dry goods store, was drowned
at Kinks bar, in the Savannah river, three
quarters of a mile below the city. He at
tempted to rescue one of his companions
from drowning, who was saved by catching
on to plank and swan to the shore In his
attempt Muse drowned in water ten feet
deep.
1t is claimed that the first months bust
ness of the Atlanta Euenirlg Journal under
a stock company, made a dividend of 10 per
cent. on the capital stock which was paid
over to its owners, besides leaving a nice
little bank account. It is thought that by
Christmas the .proprietors will have been
paid back in dividends every dollar they
first put into the paper. This is nearly as
big thing as Birmingham corner lots
Miss Mary Barksdale, of Milledgeville, one
of Madison's many fair visitors, met with a
very nearly serious accident Thursday night
She and Mrs. Myrack, are spending a
week with Mrs. r. S. Douglass. About
IL O'Clock Tuesday night the plastering in
their bedroom fell with terrific crash.
Their loud screams brought Mr. Douglass
IN with a bound, and the ladies were extri-
Gated to find they had sustained some bruises.
Miss Barksdale's face was considerably bat
tered but not seriously.
-. At Douglasville about a month ago there
was an election on the issue of Nstock law
apd fence which resulted in tie, each
,(de receiving ninety-tour votes. There was
along contest before the Ordinary, who
threw out six illegal votes on each side still
leaving the result tie-Ss to So. Judge
Cooper, the Ordinary, ordered another cleo
ton, which was held Friday. Each side did
its utmost, and this time the ''stock law
was successful by majority of 10. 'Stock
law" received 11S votes, and "fencen 105.
In an aged and interesting volume of the
Methodist church discipline, now owned
at Sandersville, and published in 1886, eight
years previous to the split in the conference
in 1874, and which has recently been
brought to light by lady in this city, bears
the following: "John H. Perrys book,
price 371S cents, this June the 18th, 1892
The remarkable feature about this entry
is, that, although made with lead pencil
nearly half century ago, it still remains as
clear and legible as if written yesterday
At Augusta Friday the politicians turned
ont and badly defeated the new charter,
which was compiled by Augustus most rep
resentative citizens, of which Maj. j. c. c.
Black was chairman of the commissioners
---who were appointed by the City Council.
The commissioners labored hard and earnest
ly for the past three months to supply Au-
gusta's greatest want, and their work re-
suited fruitlessly, as the new charter was
showed under by a vote of Oil against $50.
All of Augustus papers supported the new
charter.
Friday morning Gov. Gordon received a
large delegation of gentlemen, citizens from
Polk and Bibb counties, who were before
the executive in the interests of a convict
O'Brannen, sent TO the penitentiary for ten
years from Bibb county for selling a stolen
ring. The ring was not very valuable, and
che friends of the convict regard the SEN
tence as excessive O'Brannen has served two
years of his sentence, and by his exemplary
conduct has made many friends He is said
to be young man Of good education and
fair intelligence
Thursday a petition was handed Judge
+ Speer, ordinary of Sumter County, signed
by a number of freeholders, asking
him to order an election on the fence ques
ton in the twenty-eighth district of the
county. Among the number of signers were
three ladies, who are the owners of farms
in that district. Judge Speer decided that
they were not freeholders in the sense that
would entitle their names to be counted In
making up the requisite number of names
required in authorizing him to order an
Rejection. A number of lawyers in Ameri-
Gus dissent from his decision
It'll scw eighty days from this morn
ing Including Sundays until the gates of
be Piedmont exposition are opened to the
ublic Friday the Executive Committee
'ahnis Vie building committee to con-
meantinonce a restaurant building for
toner's c'ark so by $50 feet long, and to
him anne ornamental and attractive,
public comfort building so by 81
Ex-S,ractive style, and an immense
in Neyvr the exhibition of cattle, sheep,
,.oad an,hogs, 800 feet by so feet wide
;ttee was instructed to make the
peeii y" lumber for three buildings inn
that heSmd to push the work with all
fall and patch.